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This case study describes the outcome of a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to healthy planning. It illustrates an example of how a regional council, on the North Coast of NSW, with modest prospects of growth can fund appropriate changes to the urban form, through the incorporation of healthy planning principles within standard planning policies and instruments.

A case study on anxiety and arousal in athletes.

Healthy by Design®. A guide to planning and designing environments for active living in Tasmania aims to assist planners, urban designers and related professionals to design a built environment that enables people to incorporate incidental physical activity-such as walking and cycling for transport-into their daily routine. This resource has wide application to the planning and design of the public realm. It contains discrete chapters on design considerations, evidence, tools and case studies that can be referred to and applied to a variety of settings. The strategies within this reference document apply to Tasmania's urban environments, but also address Tasmania's unique characteristics such as its broad open spaces and hilly topography that influence physical activity on a daily basis.

This website includes: * design principles that are the foundation stones of healthier more active communities * different development types where these principles can be applied * information about how to make planning for healthier communities happen. * Australian case studies that show what is achievable and which have potentially wider application, and * links to the health and planning research and resources that support planning for active living. Planning for healthier outcomes can be applied to all parts of Australia. It is just as applicable in metropolitan areas as it is in regional cities, towns, villages and remote communities.

Latest figures released in a report today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) show the incidence of cervical cancer among Australian women remains at an historic low since 2002. The report, Cervical screening in Australia 2008­-2009, shows there were 9 new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 women aged 20-69 in 2007, with mortality at 2 deaths per 100,000 women.

SPECIALIST child obesity clinics are so overwhelmed by demand that patients wait up to a year to get into a program. Doctors report a dramatic increase in the number and severity of childhood obesity cases they are treating but say resources are failing to keep pace with the epidemic. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/the-wait-grows-at-child-clinics-20111217-1ozs2.html#ixzz1jKthipOe

A great example of the use of Concentation and Attention skills and stimulus for managing anxiety. Cameron Shephard kicks from the sideline.

Some relationships involve behaviour that is damaging to the other partner and, in some cases, may be criminal. Healthy relationships should be based on equality and respect between partners. When one partner uses tactics to control the other partner, it can be harmful to both parties. This control or power imbalance can take many forms, including intimidation, threats, 'stalking' behaviour, and physical abuse.